Londonist Staff
In Pictures: Parts Of London Lost To History
There's no denying that London's in a constant state of change. Buildings are always coming and going. Some of these buildings no longer exist, others can still be seen, but have been repurposed.
Olde Wapping, Olde Prospect of Whitby Source Erkembode Abbey Mills Pumping Station, StratfordSource Ben Pedroche Acton Lane Power Station, Willesden JunctionSource Ben Pedroche Dorchester House, Park Lane, MayfairSource Historicengland Disused coal jetty, Woolwich Power StationSource Ben Pedroche Decaying lock at Waltham Abbey Source Londonslostrivers The Mappin & Webb building at Bank, taken in 1993Source Wikipedia Coal Exchange, opposite Old Billingsgate MarketSource Snipview Battersea Park, 1951Source Tim Dunn The stunning art deco Odeon WoolwichSource Christopherfowler Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, WappingSource Ben Pedroche Carlton Hotel, HaymarketSource Historicengland Euston StationSource Thebeautyoftransport Chimney stack, Renforth Hydraulic Power Station, RotherhitheSource Ben Pedroche Derelict lock gate at Gunpowder Mills in Waltham AbbeySource Londonslostrivers The original Kensington Canal bridge at West Brompton Station stationSource Londonslostrivers Great Wheel, Earl's Court, demolished in 1907Source Wikipedia The Mean Fiddler, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise Tram emerging from the Kingsway TunnelSource Old London Queen Square, Bloomsbury, 1883Source Museumoflondonprints The Luminaire, Kilburn closed 2010.Source Gigwise The Battersea Big DipperSource Londonist Cast iron aqueduct across River Lea at Waltham Abbey disused gunpowder millsSource Londonslostrivers St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Spitalfields in the 19th centurySource Spitalfieldslife Hammersmith Palais, London closed 2007.Source Gigwise Remaining coal jetty at demolished Deptford Power StationSource Ben Pedroche Crystal Palace fans at their original ground 'The Nest'Source Old London Strand stationSource Adventuresofboz Great Easter Electric Light generating station, Liverpool StreetSource Ben Pedroche The Astoria, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise 23 Great Winchester StreetSource Wikimedia The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane, 1875, with St Paul's in the backgroundSource Typepad Wembley, 1923Source Old London Rolls Chapel, Chancery LaneSource Magnoliabox The Alhambra, Leicester Square, started life in 1854. The theatre was demolished in 1936 to make way for the Odeon Leicester Square.Source Londonist Site of the original St James TheatreSource Londonist
Last Updated 29 March 2017
